Video interviews on tax evasion

Signing ceremony of the protocol amending the convention of mutual administrative assistance in tax matters

(27 May 2010)

Jeffrey Owens talks about the measures taken by the OECD to counter global tax evasion.

Tax authorities to show laws put in place

(5 February 2010)

Participants in the Global Forum are launching a plan to monitor the worldwide fight against tax evasion. Over the next three years, jurisdictions that have pledged to provide banking information on request to foreign tax authorities will be asked to show they have the laws in place to do so and that they are complying with requests. Michael Rawstron explains what is involved.

The fight against tax havens is moving ahead. To avoid the G20s threat of sanctions, countries have signed more than 100 new tax information exchange agreements, crimping would-be tax evaders ability to stash money in secret bank accounts.

The OECD is working with governments to clamp down on tax havens and combat cross-border tax evasion. Grace Perez-Navarro reports on progress.

International efforts to combat tax evasion

(28 August 2009)

International efforts to combat tax evasion are gathering strength, as more and more countries agree to provide foreign tax authorities with banking information on suspected tax dodgers. Pascal Saint-Amans of the OECD explains the process and looks at next steps.

Pascal Saint-Amans, Head, Global Forum Secretariat

Tax:Best PracticeStandards for Havens

(16 February 2009)

A large part of the world's financial dealings are channelled through tax havens. The OECD says they are bad for the economic health of rich countries and disastrous for poor ones.